| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Abu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Minor vegetation god. Said to have sprung from the head of the god ENKI, thus symbolizing plants emerging from the earth's soil.... |
| God name "Akras" | Finland | The god of fertility and the protector of plants, especially the turnip. |
| Goddess name "Amma" | Africa | Creator god. He first created the Sun from a clay pot and coils of copper and the moon using a clay pot and bråśś. Black people were created from Sunlight and white from moonlight. He then proceeded to cirçúɱsise the earth goddess, whose çlïtořïś was an anthill and their first offspring was a jackal. She then got pregnant by Rain and produced plants. He then became the father of mankind. Dogon Mali, West Africa |
| Goddess name "Atete" | Kafa / Ethiopia, northeastern Africa | Fertility goddess. She was åśśimilated into the Christian cult of the Virgin Mary, but is probably the subject of an ancient fertility rite performed by women who collect various sacred plants and throw them into the river. The festival is known as Astar yo Mariam (Epiphany of Mary).... |
| God name "Attis" | Roman | A god of plants |
| Planet name "Bifrons" | Unk | demon of astronomy, geometry, and other such sciences, planetary influences. He often takes the form of a man. He is acquainted with the virtues of herbs, precious stones and plants. He can transport corpses from one place to another. It is he who lights the strange corpse lights above the tombs of the dead. Unk |
| Goddess name "Fauna" | Roman | Minor vegetation goddess. Consort of FAUNUS with guardianship of woods and plants.... |
| God name "Faunus" | Roman | Minor vegetation god. Consort of FAUNA with guardianship of woods and plants. He was given many of the attributes of the Greek god PAN including horns and legs of a goat.... |
| Goddess name "Flora" | Roman | Goddess of gardens, plants, flowers, love, prostitution,spring and youth. Her festival was celebrated from the 28th of April till the first of May, with extravagant merriment and lasciviousness. The resemblance between the names Flora and Chloris led the later Romans to identify the two divinities. Roman |
| Spirit name "Gandayaks" | Haudenosaunee | A clåśś of spirits who have power over plants and fish. Haudenosaunee |
| God name "Glooscap" | Canada | The god of righteousness who made the plains, food plants, animals and humans. Canada |
| God name "Habuiri" | West Indies | A creator and sky god who make plants grow. West Indies |
"Hainuwele" | Indonesia | 'The Coconut Girl' who, when she "answered the call of nature"; excreted valuable items. She was killed and buried by villagers but her boyfriend exhumed the corpse and cut it into pieces which he then re-buried around the village. These pieces grew into the various tuberous plants, giving origin to the principle foods the people of Indonesia have enjoyed ever since. Seram, New Guinea |
| Goddess name "Hapy" | Egypt | Fertility god of the Nile flood. Inhabits caverns adjacent to the Nile cataracts and oversees the annual inundation of the Nile valley. His court includes crocodile gods and frog goddesses. There are no known sanctuaries to Hapy. He is depicted in anthropomorphic form but androgynous, with prominent belly, pendulous breasts and crowned with water plants. He may hold a tray of produce. At Abydos he is depicted as a two-headed goose with human body.See also KHNUM.... |
| God name "Haumiatiketike" | Polynesian / including Maori | vegetation god. The deity concerned with wild plants gathered as food, and particularly with the rhizome of the bracken which has been traditionally relied on by the Maori in times of famine or need.... |
| God name "Ih P'en" | Mayan | Chthonioc fertility god, concerned with the growth of plants as well as family, property and other wealth Mayan |
| Goddess name "Ih P'eu" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic fertility god. The deity concerned with the growth of plants, and consort of the bean goddess IX KANAN. He is also god of family life, property and other wealth. The couple are invoked as a single personality with the sacrificeof turkeys and chickens at sowing time. Ih Fen may be represented sowing maize seed.... |
"Indara" | Indonesia | The Maiden, the earth. With Ilai, the Sun, they are the supreme powers of the Torajas. They created mankind, but not plants and animals. Celebes, Indonesia |
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